The Pioneer Press

In an example of how social media has largely replaced conventional news in our time, a video of an Australian teen egging Australian senator Fraser Anning went viral this past week. The teen was allegedly outraged by the senator’s reaction to the Christchurch, New Zealand mass shooting.

Anning had released a statement Friday calling Islam “the religious equivalent of fascism,” and blaming immigration policies for the attack.

The video shows the teen approaching Anning while he is speaking to reporters and hitting him on the back of the head with an egg while filming the whole thing with his phone. The senator responded by hurling around and punching the young man in the face. In the video, his aids surrounded the boy and not-so-gently subdued him.

By Lauren Fraine

Students at Volunteer State Community College have the opportunity to attain work experience through the Work Based Learning academic program.

In the WBL program, students work off campus and integrate classroom learning with real-life work experience while developing work-related professional and personal skills, as well as career readiness.

Through WBL, students acquire workplace savvy that is directly related to their major. Students can explore a potential career while earning college credits and pay.

By Hailey Bossert

A Health and Wellness Fair will be hosted by Pioneer Prevention in Dining Room B of the Wood Campus Center March 21, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Pioneer Prevention is an organization on the Vol State campus that serves as a support system for students.

The staff members who work in this department are available to talk to students regarding subject matters such as alcohol and drug abuse, opioid use disorder, suicide, sexual assault, and mental health. They are able to provide professional help as well as resources to help them overcome these personal issues.

By Gloria Cortes

The Volunteer State Community College Student Government Association (SGA) presidential election will take place March 18 and 19.

The two candidates are Mary Dobbs, the current vice president, and Preston Tatum.

There will be voting booths in the Mary Cole Nichols Dining Room A (from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., both days), the hallway of the second floor of the SRB (from 10:45-11:30 a.m. on Monday, and from 12:15-1 p.m. on Tuesday), the hallway of the first floor of Caudill (from 9:15-10 a.m. on Monday, and from 10:45-11:30 a.m. on Tuesday), and the main hallway of Wallace North (from 12:15-1 p.m. on Monday, and from 9:15-10 a.m. on Tuesday).